Dismantling the patriarchy…one drink at a time!

Ladies of Mystery

Kate Warne, (AKA: Kay Warne, Kay Waren, Kay Warren, Kate Warne, Kate Waren, Kate Warren, Kitty Warne, Kitty Waren, Kitty Warren, Kittie Warren, Kittie Warne, Kittie Warren) was the first female US spy and detective. Warne was hired by the Pinkerton Detective Agency when she applied for a secretarial position in 1856. Able to act as an undercover agent infiltrating social gatherings, collecting information no man was able to obtain. She was able to wear disguises, change her accent at will and became a huge asset to the success of Allen Pinkerton and Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

She eventually directed training of an all-female investigative staff for Pinkerton, during a time when there were no female police, female detectives and females did not have the right to vote.

Cloak and Dagger– 1 part gold rum– 1/2 part Dagger rum– 1 tsp sugar– 1 part lime juiceMix with fine ice in electric mixer and serve in a champagne glass.

Eleanor Jarman, dubbed “The Blond Tigress” by the press, was tried and imprisoned for complicity in a murder that occurred during a clothing store robbery in Chicago’s West Side in 1933.

In 1940 she heard that her son was about to run away, and concerned about her children, she escaped the prison August 8 1940. She apparently went to Sioux City, Iowa, confirmed that her children were all right and then went underground. She was put into FBI’s Most Wanted list but was never found.

Etta Place was a companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Little is known about her; both her origins and her fate remain mysterious. Despite her companion’s fame, by the mid-20th century it was the mysterious vanishing of Place that sparked the most interest, which continues to the present day.